tronar

v.

1 to thunder.

está tronando it's thundering

2 to explode (estallar). (Mexican Spanish)

3 to split up, to break up (informal) (en relación).

4 to let off (hacer estallar) (cohetes). (Mexican Spanish)

5 to get rid of, to do away with (informal) (destruir, acabar con).

6 to fail (informal) (suspender).

7 to thunder to.

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tronar

Conjugation model [CONTAR], like {{link=contar}}contar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (Used only in the 3rd person; it does not take a subject ) (trueno) to thunder

2 (cañón etc) to thunder

3 familiar figurado (blasfemar) to swear, curse

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verb

1) to thunder

2) be furious

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1. VI

1) (Meteo) to thunder

- por lo que pueda tronar

2) [cañones etc] to boom, thunder

3) * (=enfurecerse) to rave, rage

tronar contra — to spout forth against, rage o thunder against

4) * (=reñir)

tronar con algn — to fall out with sb

5) * (=arruinarse) to go broke *; (=fracasar) to fail, be ruined

2. VT

1) CAm, Méx * (=fusilar) to shoot

2)

la tronó — Méx * he blew it **, he messed it up

3.

See:

tronarse

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1.

verbo impersonal to thunder

2.

tronar vi

1) cañones to thunder; voz/persona to thunder, roar

salió tronando de la reunión — he was seething when he came out of the meeting

por lo que pueda tronar — (fam) just in case

2) (Méx fam)

a) (en relación) to split up (colloq)

b) (fracasar) to flop (colloq); (en examen) to fail

3.

tronar vt

1) (AmC, Méx fam) (fusilar) to shoot

2) (Méx fam) <examen/alumno> to fail, flunk (AmE colloq)

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= thunder.

Ex. The juggernaut of 'new British' history thunders on with Smyth's textbook on the United Kingdom between 1660 and 1800.

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* llueva o truene = come rain or shine, come hell or high water.

* llueva, truene o relampaguee = come hell or high water.

* llueve o truene = rain or shine.

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1.

verbo impersonal to thunder

2.

tronar vi

1) cañones to thunder; voz/persona to thunder, roar

salió tronando de la reunión — he was seething when he came out of the meeting

por lo que pueda tronar — (fam) just in case

2) (Méx fam)

a) (en relación) to split up (colloq)

b) (fracasar) to flop (colloq); (en examen) to fail

3.

tronar vt

1) (AmC, Méx fam) (fusilar) to shoot

2) (Méx fam) <examen/alumno> to fail, flunk (AmE colloq)

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= thunder.

Ex: The juggernaut of 'new British' history thunders on with Smyth's textbook on the United Kingdom between 1660 and 1800.

* llueva o truene = come rain or shine, come hell or high water.

* llueva, truene o relampaguee = come hell or high water.

* llueve o truene = rain or shine.

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tronar [A10 ]

v impers

to thunder

ha estado tronando toda la mañana there have been rumbles of thunder o it has been thundering all morning

vi

A «cañones» to thunder; «voz/persona» to thunder, roar

-¡que se callen! -tronó el profesor be quiet! roared o thundered the teacher

salió tronando de la reunión he was furious o seething o in a rage when he came out of the meeting

por lo que pueda/pudiera tronar (fam); just in case

B (AmC, Méx fam) (estallar) «llanta/globo/balazo» to go bang; «cohete» to go off

C (Méx fam)

1 (en una relación) to split up (colloq)

2 (fracasar) to flop (colloq)

3 (en un examen) to fail, flunk (colloq)

■ tronar

vt

A (AmC, Méx) (hacer estallar) ‹globo› to pop; ‹cohete› to set off

B (AmC, Méx fam) (fusilar) to shoot

tronárselas (Méx fam); to do drugs (colloq)

C (Méx fam) ‹examen› to fail, flunk (colloq); ‹persona› to fail, flunk (AmE colloq)

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tronar (conjugate tronar) v impers
to thunder
verbo intransitivo
1 [cañones/voz] to thunder
2 (Méx fam)

a) (en relación) to split up (colloq)

b) (fracasar) to flop (colloq);

(en examen) to fail
verbo transitivo
1 (AmC, Méx fam) (fusilar) to shoot
2 (Méx fam) ‹examen/alumno› to fail, flunk (AmE colloq)
tronar verbo impersonal to thunder
'tronar' also found in these entries:
English:
thunder
- boom
- click
- finger

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tronar

♦ v impersonal

to thunder;

está tronando it's thundering

♦ vt

1. Chile Fam [volar] to blow up

2. Méx [hacer estallar] to let off;

a fin de año la gente truena cohetes people let off fireworks at New Year

3. Méx Fam [destruir, acabar con] to get rid of, to do away with;

el gobierno quiere tronar a la institución the government wants to do away with the institution;

este remedio es para tronar anginas this medicine is to get rid of sore throats

4. Méx Fam [suspender] to fail

♦ vi

Méx

1. [estallar]

a punto de tronar about to explode

2. [despotricar] to rant on;

siempre está tronando por algo he's always ranting on about something

3. Fam [cortar]

tronar con alguien to split up with sb, to break up with sb

4. [estropearse]

esta planta estaba a punto de tronar this plant had almost had it

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tronar

I v/i

1 thunder

2 Méx : con persona break up;

tronar con alguien break up with s.o.

II v/t Méx fam (catear) flunk

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tronar {19} vi

1) : to thunder, to roar

2) : to be furious, to rage

3) CA, Mex fam : to shoot

tronar v impers

: to thunder

está tronando: it's thundering

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tronar vb to thunder